Joe Pitts: “some liberals opposed to the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court claim that Judge Alito is ``outside…”

“some liberals opposed to the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court claim that Judge Alito is ``outside the mainstream'' because he supported the spousal notice provision of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act. Mind you, this was not paternal notice; it was spousal notice. This was not spousal consent. It was spousal notice. Polling showed nearly 75 percent of the Americans support this provision. So what is the mainstream in America today? In 2004, 13 States included on their ballot a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. All 13 States passed the measure by wide margins. Today, it is up to 19 States. The polls overwhelmingly support this definition. A Zogby poll showed 77 percent of Americans support a law requiring a pregnant woman be given information about fetal pain prior to an abortion. Other polls show nearly 90 percent support including the phrase ``under God'' in the Pledge of Allegiance. A 2005 Gallup poll shows 75 percent of Americans think that State government entities should be allowed to display the 10 Commandments. Let us not allow liberal interest groups to arbitrarily define the mainstream for us. ____________________”